How Gaudí Built Slow Living Park Guëll in Barcelona

Did you know Antoni Gaudí's design for Park Güell (Barcelona) has a lot in common with the slow living lifestyle that's gaining traction today?
The picturesque Park Güell in Barcelona, Spain, was Antoni Gaudí’s attempt at building a residential park that was perfectly aligned with organic principles.
With his unique observational skills and power of imagination, he was able to translate what he saw in nature into structures and designs that people all over the world admire until this day. And, more than with anything else he built, nature lies at the heart of Park Güell.
Unfortunately, the project was a commercial failure. Today, it stands as a reminder of what could have been.
However, the intention behind its design can inspire us today to live our lives more slowly.
If you’ve never heard of slow living, it’s a movement that advocates taking things more slowly. Its proponents argue that in today’s world, we are habituated to always doing things fast and efficiently. Slow living aims to bring back balance to our lives.
So what can Gaudí’s design of Park Güell teach us about slow living?
0:00 - Introduction
1:02 - The History of Park Güell
2:48 - What Park Güell Can Teach Us About Slow Living
3:21 - Lesson 1: Importance of Nature
5:21 - Lesson 2: Work-Life Balance
7:43 - Lesson 3: Playfulness
- LINKS -
☕️ Buy me a coffee: ko-fi.com/petercook
♪ TikTok: / slowlivingminimalist
🖼 Posters: iampetercook.gumroad.com/l/po...
💻 Try Skillshare for free for 1 month: www.skillshare.com/en/r/user/...
📚 Interesting books to read:
• Stoicism For Beginners: a.co/d/hPU8GTX
• Minimalism 101: a.co/d/bJkA6Lt
• Declutter Your Life: a.co/d/carqttB
DISCLAIMER: Some of the links are affiliate links. If you click and make a purchase, I may earn a commission, at no cost to you.

[@IAmPeterCook]

Do you think you could live in Park Güell if it wasn’t a tourist attraction?

[@AustinGirl09]

Peter, I've watched many of your videos and just stumbled on this one. It is terrific! Would love to see more like it! You put a lot of work into this and it shows! Loved it!

[@IAmPeterCook]

Thanks! Yes, it was a lot of work making this one, glad you enjoyed it 😀

[@bambitrujillo4915]

It would be a blessing and a dream to live there. Slowing my life down has given me my sanity back.

[@deanpapadopoulos3314]

Beautiful. He was so advanced or rather in touch with the facts that we are nature itself and that a part of us, smaller in some of us and larger in others of us, are children in adult bodies. It dawns on me, Peter that people who would have an interest in the theme of slow living must have a curiosity for our psychology as humans beyond the superficial, an awareness for the importance of a philosophy for life, and a bent or appreciation for the spiritual aspect of life. These combined with an appreciation for maths, empiricism, and rational thinking can create this balance that you’ve spoken of in your video. It’s very thoughtful. Thank you.

[@IAmPeterCook]

Thanks Dean! I agree, when you are able to live more slowly, you create more space. Which likely leads to an increased curiosity in things beyond the superficial, like philosophy. I know it does for me. 😀

[@arcana4944]

Such an interesting video ! I had never thought of Park Guell as a symbol of minimalism...thanks 👍

[@IAmPeterCook]

Glad you enjoyed the video! 😀

[@progypsy2343]

Very nice thank you

[@SIERRATREES]

That was great Peter. So interesting to better understand Park Guell and the story behind it, and to see its great art work. How could your mind not wonder walking around there ? Sounds like Barcelona is conducive to slow living, but that said, pools of tranquility can be sought out any where, one just might have to get a little more creative.

[@IAmPeterCook]

Glad you liked it, Lachlan! I think that last part of what you said is key: _"pools of tranquility can be sought out anywhere."_ At the surface level, a rural village is more conducive for slow living. But many of us prefer city life (myself included) and with the right mindset (and being a little creative, as you said) life in a city can also be calm. 😀

[@emilysmith9099]

I love the way you explain architecture

[@IAmPeterCook]

@@emilysmith9099 thanks 😊

[@smartcolin5019]

Thank You for information i love it

[@EdithaSeva]

Thank You So Much

[@MrAlexozo]

Hey Peter! Are you living in Barcelona?

[@IAmPeterCook]

Hey Alex, don't live there but I did spend some time there. Great city! 🇪🇸